The Pleasure Principle (album)

This article is about the Gary Numan album. For other albums, see Pleasure principle (disambiguation).

The Pleasure Principle
Gary Numan (seen wearing a business suit) looks at a glowing purple Perspex pyramid that is on a black reflective table.
Studio album by
Gary Numan
Released7 September 1979 (1979-09-07)
RecordedMid–1979
StudioMarcus Music AB (London, England)
Genre
Length41:07
LabelBeggars Banquet
ProducerGary Numan
Gary Numan chronology
Replicas
(1979) 		The Pleasure Principle
(1979) 		Telekon
(1980)
Singles from The Pleasure Principle
  1. "Cars"
    Released: 24 August 1979[1]
  2. "Complex"
    Released: 16 November 1979
Alternative cover
The Pleasure Principle: The First Recordings cover

The Pleasure Principle is the debut solo studio album by the English new wave musician Gary Numan, released on 7 September 1979 by Beggars Banquet Records. The album came about six months after Replicas (1979), his second and final studio album with the band Tubeway Army. The Pleasure Principle peaked at No. 1 on the UK Albums Chart.

  1. ^ "Music Week" (PDF). p. 46.